Kids' Party Games

Not only do kids of all ages love to play games, games are a creative
and inexpensive way to entertain children. With a little imagination you
will soon have them making up their own games!

Whether you're looking for birthday party games or just something to
keep the little ones busy for a little while, I think you'll find these
games easy to learn and fun for all ages.

Bean in Your Shoe
One player goes out of the room. A dried bean is given to one of the
players to put in his or her shoe. Play some music and have all the
players dance, each child pretending to have a bean in their shoe. The
player that left the room comes back and tries to guess who has the bean
in their shoe. If they guess right, the person with the bean in their
shoe gets to guess next. If they guess wrong, they get to leave the room
again and try again. If they guess wrong a second time, they get to
choose who gets to leave the room next.

Grin or Bear It
All players except one line up in a row. One player moves down the line,
making faces to try to make each player in line laugh. The children
standing in line try not to laugh. The first player to laugh gets to
take the next turn trying to make the other players laugh.

Living Sculptures
Divide the children up into pairs. One person gets to be the clay, and
the other person gets to be the sculptor. The sculptor molds the clay
into any shape they want to (without hurting the clay). Faces can be
arranged into odd expressions, arms and legs can be bent and arranged,
and heads can be turned or tipped. When all the sculptors are finished
with their creations, they get to put their sculptures on display. The
pairs get to switch places after the exhibit.

Nursery Rhyme Game
Divide the players into teams. The leader assigns a nursery rhyme to
each team. The teams take turns acting out their nursery rhymes.
Whichever team guesses the nursery rhyme correctly gets to act out the
next one. Continue for as many nursery rhymes as you can think of.

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